Stripper Charged in Second Bank Robbery

Stripper Charged in Second Bank Robbery

Posted By
Attorney Robert H. Humprhey

As reported by Gregory Smith in the February 23, 2016 edition of the Providence
Journal, a woman who was out on bail for bank robbery is charged with
committing another bank robbery. The woman is accused of committing a
second bank robbery in Coventry. She was on bail for alleging committing
a bank robbery in Cranston. She is currently being held at the ACI as
a bail violator. She has been charged with second degree robbery in connection
with the second bank robbery. In the second bank robbery, it appears that
she stole a small amount of money. She works at Club Desire in Providence.

Pursuant to Rhode Island General Laws 11-39-1, second degree robbery is
defined as every person who shall commit robbery or other larceny from
the person by force or threat, where there is no weapon and no injury
and the victim is neither a severely impaired person or an elderly person,
shall be guilty of second degree robbery.

(c) For the purposes of this section:

(1) "Person who is severely impaired" has the same definition
as provided in § 11-5-11;

(2) "Elderly person" means a person sixty (60) years of age or older.

The penalties if convicted include imprisonment for not less than five
(5) years nor more than thirty (30) years, or fined not more than ten
thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.

As an alleged bail violator, she is entitled to a bail violation hearing
within ten (10) days of her initial court appearance. After a bail hearing,
if she is found to be in violation of her bail, she can be held at the
ACI for up to ninety (90) days. This prison sentence would be in addition
to any sentence on the underlying robbery charges.